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Pvt John Gull

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Pvt John Gull

Birth
Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
8 May 1893 (aged 62)
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Southmont, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Blacksmith, Company K, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Right foot frozen, December 1863. Discharged by Special Instructions from the War Department on July 11, 1865 at Cumberland, Maryland.

Filed for a pension on March 10, 1882, application number 442,547, certificate 353,853. Wife Agnes Gull filed for a widow's pension on June 6, 1893, application number 577,711, certificate number 480,832. Address listed as Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania in the 1890 Veteran's Census. Buried on May 10, 1893.

Obituary:
Mr. John Gull died at his home on Central Avenue, Seventeenth Ward, at half-past 7 o'clock this morning, of consumption, aged about sixty-three years. He was born in Somerset County, lived at Davidsville for many years, and then moved to Johnstown. He is survived by his wife and four grown-up children, viz: Alex, whose home is in the Seventeenth Ward, John, of Morrellville; Maggie, wife of John H. Constable, of Ohio Street, Seventeenth Ward, and Mollie, who is single and at home. Mr. Gull served an enlistment in the army during the Rebellion, and was a member of Post 36, G. A. R. Mr. Gull was, when in his prime, one of the strongest men in the State, and had many good qualities. The time and place of internment have not yet been set.

See 18th PA Cav for a virtual cemetery of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Blacksmith, Company K, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Right foot frozen, December 1863. Discharged by Special Instructions from the War Department on July 11, 1865 at Cumberland, Maryland.

Filed for a pension on March 10, 1882, application number 442,547, certificate 353,853. Wife Agnes Gull filed for a widow's pension on June 6, 1893, application number 577,711, certificate number 480,832. Address listed as Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania in the 1890 Veteran's Census. Buried on May 10, 1893.

Obituary:
Mr. John Gull died at his home on Central Avenue, Seventeenth Ward, at half-past 7 o'clock this morning, of consumption, aged about sixty-three years. He was born in Somerset County, lived at Davidsville for many years, and then moved to Johnstown. He is survived by his wife and four grown-up children, viz: Alex, whose home is in the Seventeenth Ward, John, of Morrellville; Maggie, wife of John H. Constable, of Ohio Street, Seventeenth Ward, and Mollie, who is single and at home. Mr. Gull served an enlistment in the army during the Rebellion, and was a member of Post 36, G. A. R. Mr. Gull was, when in his prime, one of the strongest men in the State, and had many good qualities. The time and place of internment have not yet been set.

See 18th PA Cav for a virtual cemetery of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry.


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  • Created by: Tony Klingensmith
  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73939478/john-gull: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt John Gull (23 Jul 1830–8 May 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73939478, citing Grandview Cemetery, Southmont, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Tony Klingensmith (contributor 47532264).